George Harrison discusses LSD and The Beatles on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971
On November 23rd 1971, George Harrison made a welcome stop by the legendary studios of the Dick Cavett Show. It may have begun as an open and frank conversation but it soon got very serious as the Quiet Beatle began to open his mouth.
Harrison was a year or so away from the break-up of The Beatles and the furore surrounding the Fab Four had not yet subsided. It must have baffled the newly emerging songwriting powerhouse, Harrison has shown himself to be.
The singer and guitarist had stepped out of the shadow of the group which had changed music so irrevocably. His debut solo record All Things Must Pass is arguably one of the best solo Beatles albums and his recent benefit the Concert For Bangladesh had seen him use his fame for good. But he still couldn’t avoid questions about The Beatles.
The episode has been restored and uploaded in segments which you can find below as well as the full clip, we’d suggest the latter. The full clip may lose a little in picture quality but it does allow Harrison’s sometimes gruff, sometimes sharp, answers to land fully. Harrison may have shared the stage with his friend Ravi Shankar and the rock singer Gary Wright, but on that night it was all about George Harrison, the Beatle.
Source: Jack Whatley/faroutmagazine.co.uk
